I'm ready to release the first production run of spare tire carriers to LEAF drivers in SoCal only, as beta testers with free install.

What I want is feedback on what something like this is worth to you. Please spare us all how you don't need a spare tire; obviously, you wouldn't be a potential customer.

Here's some pics how it fits. You can't see the tire at all without looking underneath. The unit will be sold without a tire, or rim, jack, or lug wrench. That's stuff you can get new from Nissan, or you can recycle from the auto wrecking yard.

I am interested in something like that and i would consider getting one if the price below $50 for the kit and assuming the installation is straightforward.

TonyWilliams wrote:

Ok, thanks for the data point. Not sure what you'd find out in the world for $50, however.

Hopefully IBELEAF was thinking $50 for the mounting kit excluding the tire and jack. Not sure what I would be willing to pay for the entire kit (mounting, jack, tools, & tire) but given it could save me the TPS, and/or towing, and allows me to drive the car while the tire is getting fixed, and that our family seems to average around flat a year, I don't think $300-400 is too outrageous. It's basically an insurance investment. Each person will have a different opinion, but I'd pay $250 in a heartbeat.

Not going to make it down to SoCal anytime soon to be a Beta tester though...

Ok, thanks for the data point. Not sure what you'd find out in the world for $50, however.

Let me clarify, my preference was for just mounting hardware, obviously adding spare tire and jack would be a separate cost. Considering that there are prices for simple license plate mounts that go up to $100, I would be surprised the cost of this to be in the north of $200.

As a data point, the "spare tire kit" on my RX-8 was about a $400 option. This included the mounting hardware and the rim/tire itself. I wish I'd have known that wheel would fit the LEAF. I would have kept it since the dealer who took it as trade would have neither known nor cared.

As a data point, the "spare tire kit" on my RX-8 was about a $400 option. This included the mounting hardware and the rim/tire itself. I wish I'd have known that wheel would fit the LEAF. I would have kept it since the dealer who took it as trade would have neither known nor cared.

Yep, that Mazda spare would be perfect. The 94-95 model years used an aluminum wheel for the spare. The last one I found on eBay was $200.

I guess I wasn't too clear in my initial post as to "value" that a spare tire carrier might be to somebody. Here are the prices for the equipment purchased new from Nissan. Obviously, you could buy this stuff for way less than $100 from an auto wrecking yard or Craiglist, et al., in addition to the cost and installation of the spare tire carrier.

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